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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.32
পৌীগণ্ড বয়সে লীলা বহুত প্রকার ।
বৃন্দাবন–দাস ইহা করিয়াছেন বিস্তার ॥ ৩২ ॥
paugaṇḍa vayase līlā bahuta prakāra
vṛndāvana-dāsa ihā kariyāchena vistāra
The Lord performed many varieties of pastimes in His early age, and Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has described them elaborately.
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The Lord performed many pastimes in His early age.
These early pastimes had many varieties.
Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura described them elaborately.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Jagannātha Miśra passed away, the Lord married the daughter of Vallabhācārya, whose name was Lakṣmī. All these events are summarized in this chapter.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What interests you about the variety of the Lord’s early pastimes?
Revisit one of the Lord’s early pastimes in today’s reading and note one detail you remember.
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